Why Book Metadata Matters

You shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but what about by its metadata? This week we tackle the topic of describing a book in a way that's useful for others! Part 2 of a mini-series on metadata.

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Cataloging Standards: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Catalog...

Find "The Rhino who Swallowed a Storm" at a library near you: http://www.worldcat.org/title/rhino-w...

It tells the story of a baby mouse who’s afraid of the storm outside because the family had lost their house in a storm a year ago. The papa mouse tells them a story about a brave little rhino who’s able to get through something similar with the help of friends, family, compassion, and love.

The end of the book has a bunch of questions that you can ask the child in your life to help them relate to the story, which makes the book an especially useful healing tool. So go check it out!

Photos at the end of medieval manuscripts are from the presentaoin by Prof. Erik Kwakkel: medievalbooks.nl // twitter: @erik_kwakkel

This video was shot and recorded on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Musqueam people.

Music: "Lola" performed by the United States Marine Band, in the public domain.